The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-04-28

oho VI VIC Olu DoilerS ag tne GeOrgia
Chemical Works, Augusta, exploded Mon
day, killing a machinist named Geo. Big.
gers. AT the time Of the explosion four
men were standing near the boiler, all of
whom We're knocked down by the concus.
sion.
While walking on the tracks of the Bal.
timore and Ohio railroad near Everson,
Pa, two ladies-Mrs. Gettemy and Mrs.
Anderson-were struck by shifting en-
gine and terribly mangled. The former
died in few hours and Mrs. Anderson is
fatally hurt.
Rudolph Schnaubelt has been heard
from. He says he did not throw the bomb,
but intimates that lie is sorry he didn't.
He is in Norway. He will be remembered
as the much-looked for Anarchist and al
legged bomb throwcr at the Hayma1et riot
in Chicago.
The RtdcnOur murder case, at Winches.
ter, Virginia, has been concluded with q
verdict of guilty. For intricate points of
law and number Of witnesses, this has
been the most interesting case, except that
of Cluvcrius, in the history of Virginia's
crcminal jurisprudence.
Governor Church, of Dakota, tells this
story: A year or SO ago, when was max
ing a journey into the Black Hills, the train
q solitary house. The conductor chanccd to
come along and | asked who lived there.
THAT" said he, ''is where Mr-lives and
| prints his paper" There wasn't another
house within 100 miles
Temporary orders have been made bv
the Inter State Commission suspcnding the
| fourth section Of the Act, on the applica-
| ton Of the FOrfolk and Southern Railroad
| Company, Cincinnati, New Orleans and
| Texas railroad, as to points south of Ohio
and east of Mississippi, and also on pcti-
ton Of the Texas Pacific railroad as to
| frcights destined to Gl Paso
The party Of Senatorial pleasurc-scckcrs
who recently came back from Cuba had n
stormy trip from Havana n0rlhward. Cen
eral NlcCOOk and Senator Sherman didn't
mind it, but Senators Henderson, Palmer
and Aldrich were sad at hcart-and else
where. The ladies all yielded gracefully,
except Mrs NlcCOok, who made bet with
Senator Palmer Of Il box OF oranges that
she would stay on deck all day She won
the bet.
George A. Ford. II icwclcr of New la
ven, undertook to get up the invitation for
Mr.. and Mrs. Clcvcl to the dedication
of soldiers monument. lie exposed the
gorgeous document in his shop window
The New Haven Union called attention to
some bad grammar in it, and now Ford
sues that newspaper for 500 damages.
GrammnranS say the Union is right. An
other invitation was sent to the President
and his wife.
Monday night cyclone visited the vi
cinity of Suffolk, Va, with fatal and de-
Structivc effects. It's track was about 100
yards wide. The house of John Wright,
SIX miles north of Suffolk, ON the Norfolk
and Western railroad, was completely de
molishcd. Wright and his wife and yOmg
sister and James Luke were in the house at
the time. Mrs. Wright and Mr.. Luke were
Killed the young girl fatally injured, ard
right seriously hurt. Much other dam
age was done to property along the path Of
the cyclone.
On the plantation of Caleb J. Harris, near
Turin, Ga, lives an aged colorcd woman
who claims to he 10G years Old. Her old,
est living child is between so and 50 and
her youngest, with whom she is now living,
las several grandchildren. She does all
the cooking for family Of II and in add.
ton to her kitchen duties finds time 10 do
all her sewing. Her cycsight is almost as
good as it was 80 or - years ago aud she
las never had occasion to use glasses or TO
take dose Of medicine.
Taylor Eatman, Il white farmer Of Wavnc
county, n. c., was i'll his house, and With
him was his family, Il wife, daughter and
two sons, aged Is and : years. Eatman
and the youngest son were at the window.
y bolt Of lighting struck the gable Of the
house and the family were thrown in die
fcrcnt directions. The wife first recovered
consciousness and found Ealman and his
little son lying dead on the side Of the room
opposite the window. in = fpW moments
the daughter and elder son also became
conscious. The house tool; fire, but the
flames were soon cNtmgwiShcd
Here is n little jewel for the crowd that
will be satisfied with nothing but post
offices: Postmaster Davis, of the town Of
Solar, H., receives the very moderate SALARY.
o. 10 cents year The Postmaster ut Peek
H., got 80 cents last year, while thc Post
master at Lear, Ark, got 81 cents. 1t is
said that there are more than l6. eco Post
| masters who receive no more than $40 4
year and 0GO who receive 10 more than
IS year. Some Of these give space in
their own buildings TO the Offices they pre-
side over and some do not. It is Il worse
business, on the whole, than Shovcling fog
on weight.